I'm very interested in the concept of being a mortgage qualifier in the US to facilitate investors, as long as it's absolutely legal and done properly.

Thank you.Moving on, I was just curious if anyone on BP has had a recent hard money project funded/facilitated by Steve Roth at Chicago Capital Business?

This was facilitated by Guidant.

Minna, not every Realtor understands how to flip a short sale, but there are many excellent Realtors that do, and for those elite few they do a great job in facilitating a sale.Maybe you've run into something different in your area.

You then tell a potential buyer the property is for sale and that you have an interest in the property and will facilitate the transaction for them to buy and obtain the title.

WOW, Let me count the possible and probably violations so far in this thread:Failure to comply with the SAFE Act (having 4 more deals will likely take you there)Preditory lending (30 month plan)Filing false liens (not the note holder)Facilitating or selling residential properties without a license ..RE or Dealer, representing an owner.Tax fraud, not counting principal receivedPracticing law without a license in making a contract to represent another party (you can when you have an interest in the property but you'd don't if you are acting as a broker)And LOL, providing a reciept for amounts paid out of a financed transaction:Money launderingIf considered RE, HUD violations for disclosuresTax fraud again, if the receipt is used by another for tax purposesI'm sure there's more.You guys better burn Lonnie's book!

They’re strong tenants, and everything I read here is along the lines of keeping good tenants for as long as you can.Come to think of it, I don’t want them to process the applications, credit checks, etc; just want them to facilitate getting a new tenant – being VERY available for showings, and talking up the place.

You should act as a 'facilitator' on the listing agreement.That said, I think it's a MUCH smoother and cleaner transaction if you have someone else negotiate or list.

If you have an IRA LLC (aka Checkbook control IRA) - please share who was your facilitator and how much they charged to set up an LLC, who is the custodian and how much they charge annually.I am looking into transferring my "mutual fund" Roth into a Roth IRA LLC and currently compare shops.Thanks in advance!!!

Sounds like the consensus from the investor crowd is that agents should facilitate transactions and get out of the way....What about the regular Joe who isn't sophisticated?